Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONIDirector General, Directorate General IV (Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport) of the Council of Europe

CÚzar B╬RZEAProfessor at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. Director of the Institute for Educational Sciences, Bucharest. Vice- President of the Steering Committee for Education of the Council of Europe.
Contribution

Lynne CHISHOLM Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Expert in the sociology of education, work and youth.
General report

Giovanni DI STASIPresident of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) of the Council of Europe, since 2004.
Speech

Joaquim DUARTEAmbassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the Council of Europe. Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies.
Closing remarks

Gvozden FLEGOPhilosopher. Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Minister of Research and Technology of Croatia (2002-2003). President of the Council for Education, Science and Culture of the Social-Democratic Party of Croatia (2004).
Inclusion, participation and the role of culture

RenÚ GUTMANChief Rabbi of the Consistory of the Lower Rhine (Bas-Rhin), France. PhD in religious sciences. Member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis (NGO) and co-author of “Juifs, chrÚtiens, musulmans en dialogue” (Ed. du Signe 2002)
“European culture, identity and diversity”

Maria HADJIPAVLOUAssistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cyprus. Expert in inter-community dialogue, conflict resolution and gender studies.
Speech

Catherine LALUMIEREFormer Minister of France (1981-1986). General Secretary of the Council of Europe (1989-1994). European Deputy and Vice-President of the European Parliament (1994-2004). Since 2003 President of the “Europe House” in Paris.
Speech

Jacques LEGENDRESenator of the North (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), France, and Vice-President of the Senate Committee on culture. Chair of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Speech

Benoţt PAUMIERDirector of cultural policies and international affairs, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France.
Speech

Michael RAPHAELTrainer in inter-cultural learning for about 15 years and expert in mediation and conflict management. Consultant for the Council of Europe in the “Democratic Leadership Programme”.
Input

Mihail SHVYDKOY Head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of Russia. Former Minister of Culture of Russia (2000-2004).
Presentation

Katerina STENOUDirector of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO.
Contribution

Christian TER STEPANIAN Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Council of Europe. Chairman of the Rapporteur Group on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment of the Committee of Ministers.
Remarks

John TOMLINSON Professor of Cultural Sociology at the Nottingham Trent University. Director of the Institute for Cultural Analysis, Nottingham (ICAn).
Culture, Identity and Citizenship

Jacques TOUBONDeputy of Ile-de-France, France. Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian-Democrats) and of the European Democrats.. President of EURIMAGES.
Speech